Category: Beachcombing

Over the past couple weeks, record numbers of these curious creatures have been reported. Strong westerly winds have brought them from across the atlantic, so far washing up along our shorelines in the southwest. The news has been widely shared across the country, so what's the fuss all about?

St Cuthberts Beads are one of the finest beachcombing treasures you can find! Once living creatures over 300 million years ago, these little fossils have since been collected for centuries, but can only be found in one location in the Northeast England...